A Vase Built With Love

For Melvina Germain Who suggested I write something about a simple vase. A vase stood on the mantle piece and two red roses within it stood one for each heart for whom the vase belonged. A century before on a potter’s wheel the vase was carefully crafted by two loving hands then fired in an oven to keep the love within. It was then decorated with the same loving care. The images on it told a story of two lovers parted by a war. It told how they had met down a leafy lane and how their love had grown. Then came the thunder of an approaching war. It recorded their last kiss together before the war tore them apart. It also told of the years of agony of waiting for his return, then of the joys of reuniting, and how after so long their love began again to burn. All this lovingly painted so everyone could learn that love never diminishes even when separated by a war. 18 October 2008